About us
Welcome to the Hudson Valley Fantasy Fiction and TTRPG Society!
We're a group of avid fantasy readers, writers, RPG-players, and cinephiles. If you’re looking to meet new people, grow your friend circle, chat about nerdy books and movies, sharpen your writing skills, or find your next D&D group — this may be the club for you!
You don’t need to live in the Hudson Valley to join. Anyone that loves fantasy is welcome to attend our events. 🙂
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS:
- 21+ Only: We read/watch/discuss content with mature themes and occasionally meet in bars. For that reason, our members must be at least 21 years old
- BIPOC & Queer Friendly: Our club has zero tolerance for hate or discrimination
We were previously known as the Hudson Valley Fantasy Readers and have rebranded as we expanded the scope of our events. Our book club is still going strong and you can find details for it below:
FANTASY & MYTHOLOGY BOOK CLUB DETAILS:
If you're looking to read (or re-read!) and discuss fantasy, mythology, and/or romantasy books, you've come to the right place! We read a mix of popular fantasy, romantasy, and classic literature with fantasy elements. From Tolkien and ancient Greek tragedies to A Court of Thorns and Roses and Legends & Lattes. If you fall behind in reading but still want to attend, no worries! Just expect there will be spoilers in discussion if you still join in. If you're not interested in a title or don't have time to read for a few weeks, feel free to skip and join in on the next one!
What we've read so far...
- The Witcher: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
- The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
- Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
- Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
- The Serpent and the Wings by Carissa Broadbent
- Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
- The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
- The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
- Beowulf
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
- Witch King by Martha Wells
- The Epic of Gilgamesh
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- The Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
- Gideon of the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
- The Poetic Edda
- The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Dracula by Bram Stoker
- The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik
- The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
- We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal
- The Kalevala
- The Odyssey by Homer
- The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Stories from Arabian Nights (aka One Thousand and One Nights)
Upcoming events
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Fantasy Book Club: Grimm's Fairy Tales
Bank Square Coffeehouse, 129 Main Street, Beacon, NY, USJoin us for our next book club meeting at Bank Square Coffeehouse in Beacon! If the weather permits, we'll be meeting in the outside area.
We will be reading and discussing a selection of stories from Grimm's Fairy Tales. Please choose any translation you like (if you need a rec Jack Zipes is a good one) and read as many of the below stories as you'd like to discuss:
Below is the list of stories:
- Bluebeard
- Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty)
- Cinderella (Aschenputtel)
- Clever Hans
- Godfather Death
- Hansel and Gretel
- Little Red Cap (Little Red Riding Hood)
- Rapunzel
- Rumpelstiltskin (Rumpelstilzchen)
- Snow White
- The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich (The Frog Prince)
- The Juniper Tree
- The Six Swans
Everyone is also encouraged to choose one additional story at random and share a summary with the group.
New members are welcome!
When joining, we do ask that everyone please make a purchase at the venue, so we can support our local businesses and have them happy for us to return. :-)
MORE ABOUT OUR CLUB:
If you're looking for a place to read (or re-read!) and discuss fantasy and/or mythology books, you've come to the right place! We read a mix of popular fantasy, romantasy, mythology, and older literature with fantasy elements. From ancient Greek tragedies to Legends & Lattes.
This is a 21+ (we read books with adult themes and sometimes meet in bars) LGBT+ friendly book club. We don't exclusively read queer books, and you don't need to be queer to join, but you MUST be an ally comfortable reading books where queer themes, characters, and relationships are present either in the background or in a central capacity.
We also have a Discord for continued discussions and easier book voting. After attending an in-person event you'll be given an invitation to the Discord via message on Meetup. :-)
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